This collab story authored by Emma Purcell was first published by Crip Life. Audio Description Awareness Day, which takes place every year on 16th April, recognises, celebrates and advocates the importance of providing quality audio description (AD) across TV, film…
Anna Cofone is a British hairstylist well known for styling the likes of Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey. In 2019, she launched the Hair & Care Project, which offers workshops to blind and low vision women and girls. Through…
This collab story authored by Beatrice Leong was first published by FWD-Doc. Each year, FWD-Doc selects a delegate to attend the Berlinale/European Film Market (EFM)’s Toolbox Programme. Earlier this year, Beatrice Leong, a FWD-Doc member from Malaysia, was selected to…
TW: Violence and murder of disabled people. “Disposable Humanity” is a feature documentary by film director Cameron Mitchell tracing the history of “Aktion T4,” a Nazi program that murdered over 200,000 people between 1939 and 1945. Ableism Rooted in German…
Fashion is one of the most visual industries in the world, so where does that leave blind and low-vision people? In this episode, hosts Karina Sturm and Amy Zayed talk with Anna Cofone, founder of the Hair & Care Project,…
For Embla Guðrúnar Ágústsdóttir, a queer, disabled scholar/activist in Iceland, performance art has been a revelation of making connections. Moving away from lectures and speeches, she says, audiences filled with nondisabled people come away from the performance with an understanding that…
Collab story written by Emma Purcell first published at Crip Life. UPDATE (September 2026): for over a year now, Crip Life has been following the story of Sophie, a 30-year-old creative writer, blogger, and full-time wheelchair user living with cerebral…
He takes up speed over a long, flat concrete path toward a quarter pipe. At the coping, he hooks his front wheels into a “Rock to Fakie,” shifts his weight, loosens the casters, and drops back down into the ramp….
Collab story written by Emma Purcell first published at Crip Life. As we mark 30 years since the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) transformed the lives of people with disabilities, we reflect on its remarkable legacy — how it reshaped society, advanced equality, and…